What Every Woman Knows

What Every Woman Knows (1934)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1934-10-18
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Gregory La Cava
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Summary

Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.

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  • Helen Hayes

    as Maggie Wylie
  • Brian Aherne

    as John Shand
  • Madge Evans

    as Lady Sybil Tenterden
  • Lucile Watson

    as La Contessa la Brierre
  • Dudley Digges

    as James Wylie
  • Donald Crisp

    as David Wylie
  • David Torrence

    as Alick Wylie
  • Henry Stephenson

    as Charles Venables
  • Donald Meek

    as Snibby the Jeweler (uncredited)
  • Lowden Adams

    as Venables' Secretary (uncredited)
  • Norman Ainsley

    as La Comtesse's Butler (uncredited)
  • Sidney Bracey

    as Constituent Shouting 'Three Cheers' (uncredited)
  • Phyllis Coghlan

    as Alice, Maggie's Maid in London (uncredited)
  • George Cowl

    as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
  • Phillip Dare

    as Bridegroom (uncredited)
  • Neil Fitzgerald

    as Shand's Friend (uncredited)
  • Elinore Grant

    as Committee Member (uncredited)
  • Winter Hall

    as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
  • Eve Harrower

    as Katie Campbell, Bride at Railway Station (uncredited)
  • Ramsay Hill

    as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
  • Olaf Hytten

    as Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
  • G.L. McDonnell

    as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
  • Janet Murdoch

    as Shand's Mother (uncredited)
  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Party Supporter (uncredited)
  • Pat O'Hara

    as Shand's Friend (uncredited)
  • William Stack

    as Tenterden, Sybil's Brother (uncredited)
  • Larry Steers

    as Cabinet Member (uncredited)
  • David Thursby

    as Best Man (uncredited)
Directing Gregory La Cava Director
Writing Monckton Hoffe Screenplay
Writing James Kevin McGuinness Screenplay
Camera Charles Rosher Director of Photography
Editing Blanche Sewell Editor
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Adrian Costume Design
Sound Herbert Stothart Original Music Composer
Production Albert Lewin Producer
Production Gregory La Cava Producer
Production Irving Thalberg Executive Producer
Writing John Meehan Screenplay
Crew John Hoffman Special Effects
Art Edwin B. Willis Art Direction
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Sound Leonid Raab Orchestrator
Art Lansing C. Holden Art Direction
Writing Marian Ainslee Dialogue
Directing Lesley Selander Assistant Director
Writing J.M. Barrie Theatre Play
Sound Charles Maxwell Orchestrator
Production Albert Lewin Production Supervisor

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